Blanket Parenting and the Duggars

Ok so I know this board has been full of parenting/discipline threads and wanted you guys opinion. Has anyone ever heard of blanket parenting? I didn't until I was on another site and the Duggars were brought up. i then found an excert from her book about how she did it. Let me explain a little. Blanket parenting is when you place your child on a blanket and they aren't allow to make noise, not stand or turn into weird shapes or throw their toys out side of this blanket. She said it teaches self control... Now I kept reading the comments and people said that this was abuse, that she was limiting her children and not allowing them the natural right to explore. Do you agree with blanket parenting? I mean is it really abuse? Let's chat ladies!

Blanket training is an approach to child discipline that involves training small children to remain on a blanket. The familiar blanket becomes an accepted marker of where they may roam. Training is accomplished by light switching [1] or by simple verbal correction and redirection

I'll post the method of blanket training she uses when I come back I am sure I left something out lol

Ok so I know this board has been full of parenting/discipline threads and wanted you guys opinion. Has anyone ever heard of blanket parenting? I didn't until I was on another site and the Duggars were brought up. i then found an excert from her book about how she did it. Let me explain a little. Blanket parenting is when you place your child on a blanket and they aren't allow to make noise, not stand or turn into weird shapes or throw their toys out side of this blanket. She said it teaches self control... Now I kept reading the comments and people said that this was abuse, that she was limiting her children and not allowing them the natural right to explore. Do you agree with blanket parenting? I mean is it really abuse? Let's chat ladies!

Blanket training is an approach to child discipline that involves training small children to remain on a blanket. The familiar blanket becomes an accepted marker of where they may roam. Training is accomplished by light switching [1] or by simple verbal correction and redirection

I'll post the method of blanket training she uses when I come back I am sure I left something out lol

Do poor lifestyle choices in terms of diet/exercise/digital media consumption increase the incidence of ADHD and exacerbate the symptoms? Probably. If I were depressed and my finances were poor that would probably exacerbate my depression.

Is ADHD fake and are those things the solitary cause? No. Same thing. My poor finances probably didn't cause my depression on its own and the depression itself is real.

Should I take a pill to resolve it? Debatable. Depends on whether the pill will get you where to need be to look for a more long term solution that will impact the root cause (if there is one available)

I believe in naturopathic, holistic medicine i.e. addressing the body as a whole vs. a more western view of treating symptoms...but sometimes you need to address the symptoms first to get to a place where you can effectively address the root cause and sometimes we may just not have the answers as to how to address the root cause so managing the symptoms is the best we can do. KWIM?

Agree.

Do poor lifestyle choices in terms of diet/exercise/digital media consumption increase the incidence of ADHD and exacerbate the symptoms? Probably. If I were depressed and my finances were poor that would probably exacerbate my depression.

Is ADHD fake and are those things the solitary cause? No. Same thing. My poor finances probably didn't cause my depression on its own and the depression itself is real.

Should I take a pill to resolve it? Debatable. Depends on whether the pill will get you where to need be to look for a more long term solution that will impact the root cause (if there is one available)

I believe in naturopathic, holistic medicine i.e. addressing the body as a whole vs. a more western view of treating symptoms...but sometimes you need to address the symptoms first to get to a place where you can effectively address the root cause and sometimes we may just not have the answers as to how to address the root cause so managing the symptoms is the best we can do. KWIM?

Your aunt is a pushover. There is an entire spectrum of parenting between being a doormat and "training them up". I will teach my daughter right from wrong and how to have good morals without sitting her on a blanket and swatting her if she tries to move.

Your aunt is a pushover. There is an entire spectrum of parenting between being a doormat and "training them up". I will teach my daughter right from wrong and how to have good morals without sitting her on a blanket and swatting her if she tries to move.

I never felt better than when I was pregnant. I am kind of terrified of my hormone swing that will no doubt happen when Henry weans.

I have felt pretty healthy for over 5 years now. I was off all meds, except my ADD pills when I decided to TTC. I weaned off of those and don't feel the present need to get back on them. But, I am also not in school or doing anything that requires deep concentration.

I never felt better than when I was pregnant. I am kind of terrified of my hormone swing that will no doubt happen when Henry weans.

I have felt pretty healthy for over 5 years now. I was off all meds, except my ADD pills when I decided to TTC. I weaned off of those and don't feel the present need to get back on them. But, I am also not in school or doing anything that requires deep concentration.

Natalie, proud Mommy to Henry (born 12/26/08) and Madeleine (born 5/25/11).

From:
felixthenat

To: AnonBL2011

Posted: Mar-19 10:10 AM (11 of 923)

No Renee, diet and exercise will immediately cure you of all that ails you, from schizophrenia to ADD to post traumatic shock syndrome. I wonder why they didn't just feed me carrots and put me on a treadmill when I tried to commit suicide? Seems like a rational way to treat my condition.

No Renee, diet and exercise will immediately cure you of all that ails you, from schizophrenia to ADD to post traumatic shock syndrome. I wonder why they didn't just feed me carrots and put me on a treadmill when I tried to commit suicide? Seems like a rational way to treat my condition.

ohhh....send me a bucket! I want twin girls to go along with my twin boys. I really want to have 6 kids but Jimmy says NO NO NO NO NO....LoL. Hes just recently agreed to try for number 3....way down the road, but if I could do the twin thing again then I'd have 4 instead of 3 LoL

ohhh....send me a bucket! I want twin girls to go along with my twin boys. I really want to have 6 kids but Jimmy says NO NO NO NO NO....LoL. Hes just recently agreed to try for number 3....way down the road, but if I could do the twin thing again then I'd have 4 instead of 3 LoL

While I agree with the overmedication of our society, your comments on this disorder are just so shocking to me. Natalie has told you several times that she is not on medication. So you think she fakes her disorder for the fun of it????

With your line of thinking a person who becomes addicted to painkillers was probably never really in pain anyway. That's ridiculous.

While I agree with the overmedication of our society, your comments on this disorder are just so shocking to me. Natalie has told you several times that she is not on medication. So you think she fakes her disorder for the fun of it????

With your line of thinking a person who becomes addicted to painkillers was probably never really in pain anyway. That's ridiculous.

Again, fair enough. Teachers are trained to recognize the signs a child may need helpso that IEP and 504 plans can be put in places as necessary. There is a lot of NCLB implication and fundamentally they do develop their own opinions on whether a child has ADHD I'm sure. They are human after all. Officially though they are not allowed to diagnose. They cannot even have the child formally evaluated by the school's team without the parent's permission and they certainly cannot force a parent to take a child to a neurpsycologist.

In third grade we submitted to evaluation by the school for my oldest. Then we saw a pedi and a neurologist and later a neuropsycologist and he was placed on Adderall. He hated it. This year when he moved up to the Jr. High he asked if he could come off it. We told him he could try and if his grades didn't completely turnaround then he could stay off of it. He is having trouble with just one subject so we've let him stay off of it and when the Jr High asked to do their own evaluation this year we declined. He's already been diagnosed. We know what the issue is. We know we are trying to find ways for him to manage without meds. We don't feel like we need any more evaluation. They need to ask though to CYA and we get that. I'm sure he has teachers that have the opinion he needs to be medicated. And they are entitled to their opinion.

Again, fair enough. Teachers are trained to recognize the signs a child may need helpso that IEP and 504 plans can be put in places as necessary. There is a lot of NCLB implication and fundamentally they do develop their own opinions on whether a child has ADHD I'm sure. They are human after all. Officially though they are not allowed to diagnose. They cannot even have the child formally evaluated by the school's team without the parent's permission and they certainly cannot force a parent to take a child to a neurpsycologist.

In third grade we submitted to evaluation by the school for my oldest. Then we saw a pedi and a neurologist and later a neuropsycologist and he was placed on Adderall. He hated it. This year when he moved up to the Jr. High he asked if he could come off it. We told him he could try and if his grades didn't completely turnaround then he could stay off of it. He is having trouble with just one subject so we've let him stay off of it and when the Jr High asked to do their own evaluation this year we declined. He's already been diagnosed. We know what the issue is. We know we are trying to find ways for him to manage without meds. We don't feel like we need any more evaluation. They need to ask though to CYA and we get that. I'm sure he has teachers that have the opinion he needs to be medicated. And they are entitled to their opinion.

I see it like putting a steak in front of a dog and then getting upset every time the dog makes a move for it. What is the point? A young baby isn't going to understand anymore than that dog will. Sure, you can deflate them a lot by swatting in the extreme or telling them no over and over and over again. That sounds like a barrel of laughs. Why would you spend energy and time on something so silly? I would rather spend a little bit of time and energy redirecting him away from truly dangerous objects and a lot of time and energy on play and encouragement. I never even used a pack and play. I close all the doors to other rooms and put a gate up in the kitchen. I made the living room baby proof and he has free reign. Henry has learned boundaries over the months by living life. When we go to the park, he must stay near me. He can't run out into the street. He can't play in the toilet. These are applicable life lessons that he has learned as he is old enough to understand them.

I see it like putting a steak in front of a dog and then getting upset every time the dog makes a move for it. What is the point? A young baby isn't going to understand anymore than that dog will. Sure, you can deflate them a lot by swatting in the extreme or telling them no over and over and over again. That sounds like a barrel of laughs. Why would you spend energy and time on something so silly? I would rather spend a little bit of time and energy redirecting him away from truly dangerous objects and a lot of time and energy on play and encouragement. I never even used a pack and play. I close all the doors to other rooms and put a gate up in the kitchen. I made the living room baby proof and he has free reign. Henry has learned boundaries over the months by living life. When we go to the park, he must stay near me. He can't run out into the street. He can't play in the toilet. These are applicable life lessons that he has learned as he is old enough to understand them.

The nearest thing to eternal life we'll see here on earth is a government program - Reagan

Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid

From:
felixthenat

To: KristinD_Wu

Posted: Mar-17 04:01 PM (18 of 923)

I would never peg my mom as someone who would accept that diagnosis as a real thing, but she does. She says it truly exists and she has seen it in her class. In the cases she has seen, parents did not seem to be at fault.

I would never peg my mom as someone who would accept that diagnosis as a real thing, but she does. She says it truly exists and she has seen it in her class. In the cases she has seen, parents did not seem to be at fault.

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